Ankur Mishra

PSA to all Product marketing folks in #SaaS companies! Just listing that you have "JDBC" support on your product is MEANINGLESS to non engineering audiences AND even more MEANINGLESS to Engineering audiences!! JDBC is an API for the client, it does not imply you have the drivers for a spesific database! If you support #Postgres state that! If you support #MySQL say that! It doesn't matter if its via JDBC, ODBC or even carrier pigeon! #productmarketing #productmanagement

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🎉 Exciting news! 🎉 I am now on Topmate as a Mentor, offering guidance and helping aspiring PMs and mid-career PMs grow. 🚀 After more than 18 years of experience in Product Management, I believe it's important to give back to our community and share our knowledge with others. 🤝 #Mentorship #GiveBack Join me on Topmate and let's grow together! 💡 #ProductManagement

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The scale we deal with, the complexity it brings in and the impact we create for millions of customers across the globe, are defining moments for our teams at Amazon India. Every day, our tech teams invent and deliver things that were never thought as possible! #HearFromBuilders at Amazon on how they solve real-world problems with technology. #NationalTechDay #ItsStillDay1 #AmazonIndia #TechAtAmazon

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PM interview questions asked at Razorpay [1] As a PM at Swiggy, how do you increase efficiency of Swiggy delivery partners? Think of Product-led solution. What metrics would you use measure the efficiency? [2] Describe a situation in your current role where you challenged the status quo and drove a solution. [3] Draw a high level system architecture of your last product that went live. [4] How would you go about creating a 3 year product roadmap for Instagram. [5] Tell me about your favorite product. What are the 3 things you like in the product and what 3 things you'd like to improve? [6] Design a "Pay Later" feature for an e-commerce consumer website. [7] How would you detect fraud reviews as a PM on Zomato. (Focus on the key factors that you would consider) [8] Assume that Netflix daily viewership is falling. How will you analyze the potential reasons? Liked this? Follow Vishal Bagla for more. #ProductManagement #ProductManagers #InterviewPrep #Interview

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Startup CTO mistake - holding on to a flat structure (for too long) It works in small teams and fails at scale “Flat structure” is a buzzword It is supposed to mean a good culture It’s just an excuse to skip on organisational design The price of growth is communication The price of growth is shared knowledge If you won't pay it you end up with spaghetti teams That's why 👉 Good managers are force multipliers → Enabling decisions → Facilitating communication → Giving and receiving feedback → Updating teams about other projects → Driving alignment and technical strategy Management is like oil in an engine Overfill increases pressure Lack causes frictions Scaling is not only about requests per second Scaling teams is just as important

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At Google Cloud India, we don't just build teams; we cultivate communities of collaboration, creativity, and inclusivity. Our teams are not simply engineers or product managers; we're problem solvers, dreamers, and innovators. From startups to large enterprises, our cloud solutions are more than just tools; they're catalysts for real, tangible change in the lives of our clients, empowering them to reach new heights and achieve their goals. In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Google Cloud isn't content with just keeping up. We're setting the pace, leading the charge with cutting-edge technologies like AI, machine learning, and data analytics. We're not just meeting industry standards; we're surpassing them, rewriting the rulebook and establishing new benchmarks for excellence. Join us as we continue to push boundaries, break barriers, and unlock new avenues for growth and innovation, shaping a future where the impossible becomes possible. Be a part of Google Cloud India, where together, we can change the world. Click here to know more:  https://lnkd.in/gCiYtDwj #GoogleCloud #Buildforeveryone

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Product management is like being a Bollywood director. You gotta write the script, pick the perfect cast, and make sure the movie leaves everyone saying 'Paisa vasool!' Product gets the box office success, the actors get the fame...well, maybe next film! #productmanagement #productmanager #productstrategy #madeinindia #indianstartups #marketingchai #uxindia #productfun #pmlife #humor #productmemes

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A super clear, straight forward example of how to do cost effective RAG using LangChain for your document pipeline and Groq for compute resources. The code demonstrates how to speed up RAG and reduce costs using quantized embeddings (reducing 32 bit values to 8) Nice job Sahibpreet Singh! https://lnkd.in/gf5QMCKK

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What can product managers learn from the world's most popular cricketer? Here's the latest surprising lesson "All the need to do is to put on our spinners. He will slow down." For those of you who don't know cricket, this statement might as well be in a foreign language that you don't speak. So, let me take a step back. Virat Kohli is the world's third most followed athlete on Instagram, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. He is also by far the most popular cricketer. He is 35, which many people consider to be the latter half of his career. They expect him to retire in 2-3 years. People have accused him of being slow to bat against spinners (i.e., he scores runs slowly against a particular kind of bowler). But he proved them all wrong in this year's India Premier League. He scored 30% faster than before. And above all, he addressed this glaring weakness in a way you can only expect from him. Virat Kohli, a true icon, demonstrated a hallmark of greats - re-inventing himself when he had many years of success behind him. His story is a testament to the power of career transformation. And that's exactly what some of our best students do. Getting another job is probably doable all by yourself. It's not about a job. Consider the success stories of our students. They have transitioned from various roles and industries, proving that with the right guidance, you can achieve your career goals. They have gone from senior product managers to directors, from non-AI roles to AI/ML roles, and from small companies to the top names in the world. This could be your success story, too. What's holding you back from re-inventing yourself and addressing your glaring weaknesses? If you partner with us, you might still face obstacles, but a lack of coaching and advice will never be the reason why you can't reach the next level. If you want to reinvent yourself, here's a chance - book a call with us. If you're ready to embrace change and take your career to new heights, we're here to help. DM me for a link to book a call with us

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PMing for a mature product with half a million+ MAU & 200+ enterprise customers, is a lot of responsibility. Any miss can impact the 6 Lakh daily rosters. I need to get it right and there is a very little room for error. Fortunately, MoveInSync enables this by keeping PMs grounded with product support while also ensuring PMs drive product adoption & innovation together with customers. This "back to basics" approach ensures only the right problems get solved. Akash Maheshwari Nitin Awasthi #B2BProductManagement #SaaS

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Presenting at #MRCVegas2024 was a true pleasure and the response to our session, "Future of Strong Auth – Passkey" was fantastic. Shout out to Anand Bahety, Mahendar Madhavan, and the team for their invaluable contribution in enabling passkey capabilities for eBay users. Also, thanks to Kathryn Irwin and Julie Fergerson, CPFPP from #MRC for the opportunity and for making this conference possible. A few things to share on the topic of Passkey and its impact on payment risk management: 1. Passkey has significant potential as an option for 3DS, a standard currently in draft at EMVCo. If anyone is interested in learning or collaborating further, feel free to reach out to Ulrich Herberg, Ph.D. from eBay who has been actively involved in these discussions. 2. It would be particularly intriguing to see how EU regulations will classify passkey—whether as a two-factor or as a single-factor authentication method. 3. I learned from some of my friends about how some EU banks are already adopting mobile apps for verification over SMS. Similar innovations in the U.S. would be awesome! I'm eager to hear your thoughts on the following topics: 1. Has the widespread adoption of 3DS in the EU indeed resulted in lower chargebacks compared to the U.S.? 2. Given Passkey's potential, do you think it has the capability to not only safeguard accounts but also mitigate first-party chargebacks?

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Can Pradeep Ittycheria survive the gauntlet of engineering and leadership questions Andrew Greiner and I throw at him this week? You'll have to listen to find out! We dig into an article he wrote on LinkedIn a few years ago about rewarding vs recognizing effort, how you can structure your organization to deliver the most value, and how he parses the signals out of the noise of managing our massive organization. Take a listen: https://lnkd.in/dBtbnRqE #engineering #productmanagement #podcast

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Eager to uncover the intricacies of Transformer architecture? Transformers have revolutionized NLP by processing entire sentences at once with their self-attention mechanism, significantly improving tasks like translation and text generation. The blog breaks down the encoder-decoder structure and explains key concepts like positional encoding and multihead attention. If you're interested in AI and language models, this is a must-read to understand the tech behind GPT-4 and beyond! https://lnkd.in/dzXJRiwU

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Can you believe it's already been two weeks since the the first-ever #KafkaSummit Bangalore? ICYMI we have the full rundown of all the key moments from the premiere event for the #ApacheKafka community. We’ve got: 🔑 Keynote recaps (Big product announcements!) 💡 Session highlights (Flink, GenAI, and of course Kafka are top of mind) 🚀 Women in Technology spotlight ➕ And MORE Find it on our blog!

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Ever wonder why some companies can ship software at lightning speeds while others seem stuck in the mud? 🚀⏳ . . . . . . . . . Daksh Gupta of Greptile collected real-world insights from engineers at many of the world's largest tech companies, unpacking the intricacies that either propel or impede the speed of shipping code. The big reveal? Older and larger companies tend to move more slowly because the costs of missteps become greater. In some cases, those costs are fairly non-negotiable (e.g. ensuring software for customers in production remains secure) while in other cases, the costs are more optional and cultural (e.g. wanting a lot of accurate estimates, forcing a manager's vs. maker's schedule, etc). #SoftwareEngineering #Tech #DevelopmentVelocity #Innovation #Productivity

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"Product management is like choosing the perfect masala for your chai. You get to experiment with flavors, find the perfect blend that everyone loves. Program management is like making sure the chai stall has enough water, milk, and that the stove is always lit. Product gets the happy customers, program keeps the chai flowing!" #productmanagement #productmanager #productstrategy #productdevelopment #uxindia #programmanagement #programmanager #projectmanagement #projectmanagerindia #madeinindia #indianstartups #indianbusiness #chaiwallah #chaiholic #humor #productmemes #pmlife #productfun

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If you want to learn a few easy ways to write a great PRD, check out our latest YT video where Claire Vo shares some stellar insights! 🎥 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gHM6vEeJ

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